Spirit of Snowdown Awards
Spirit of Snowdown Award Winners
Since 1996, Snowdown has presented Spirit of Snowdown awards to a local busness and to an individual who have helped Snowdown over the years. Below is a list of all the past award winners.
Year Business Individual Special Awards
1996 AJ's Bar & Grill Adele Nielsen
1997 Red Lion Inn Linda Mannix
1998 Farquarhts Linda Mannix
1999 Durango Fire Dept Daryl Mir
2000 Main Mall Dr. John Griffiths
2001 Colo. Mounted Rangers Deb Uroda
2002 Durango Police Dept Janalee Hogan
2003 Solids Barry Kemmler
2004 Bank of the San Juans Steve Govreau
2005 Ska Brewing Suzy Hey
2006 Ken & Sue's Davitt Armstrong
2007 Magpie's Newsstand Tom Little
2008 Oscar's Café Larry Haddon
2009 Steamworks Bob Ledger Toby Peterson
2010 The Palace Rst. Kathy Bowser
2011 LPC Fairgrounds Steve Barkley, City of Durango
2012 El Rancho Greg Yucha
2013 The Lost Dog Terry Fiedler, Bob Larson
2014 McDonald's Eddie & Janie Wilson
2015 Carver Brewing Amber Pedigo
2016 Ponga's Anne Morse
2017 Cuckoos Paula Bradford
2018 Elks Lodge of Durango Bob Sauer City of Durango
2019 The Historic Strater Hotel James Shaner
2020 LPC Search & Rescue Jay Hecker
2021 community members
2022 Alpine Bank Jayne Hazelton
2023 Silver Station, Bob Wood Mike "Mr Sneer" Smedley
2024 Starlight Lounge Peg Ochsenreiter